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Rinalds Celmiņš Deputy Executive Director Latvian IT Cluster

Rinalds Celmiņš Deputy Executive Director Latvian IT Cluster. 2012. Cluster – Strategy as a challenge. Opole, 23 st March 2012. The presentation is being organised under a P olish A gency for E nterprise D evelopment undertaking entitled: “Polish clusters and cluster policy”.

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Rinalds Celmiņš Deputy Executive Director Latvian IT Cluster

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  1. RinaldsCelmiņšDeputy Executive DirectorLatvian IT Cluster 2012 Cluster – Strategy as a challenge Opole, 23st March 2012 The presentationis being organised under a Polish Agency for Enterprise Development undertaking entitled: “Polish clusters and cluster policy”. The undertaking is being implemented under system project: “Human resources development through promotion of knowledge, transfer and dissemination of innovation” financed by the European Union under the European Social Fund, from the resources of the Human Resources Operational Programme, sub-measure 2.1.3. The undertaking of Polish Agency for Enterprise Development ‘Polish clusters and cluster policy’ activity is being implemented under the honorary auspices of the Minister of Economy.

  2. Cluster – Strategyas a challenge Rinalds Celmiņš DeputyExecutiveDirector Latvian IT Cluster Opole, Poland March 23, 2012

  3. Latvia • Location: Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Estonia and Lithuania • Capital: RIGA • Area: 64,589 sq km (slightly larger than West Virginia) • Naturalresouces: peat, limestone, dolomite, amber, hydropower, timber, arable land • Population: 2,2 mil. • GDP per capita: $14,300 2nd – EU Top 5 countries by renewables 8th – World’s greenest country (after New Zealand) 10th in the world-broadband distribution speed https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/lg.html

  4. A Business Cluster • A business cluster is a geographic concentration of interconnected businesses, suppliers, and associated institutions in a particular field • Clusters are considered to increase the productivity with which companies can compete, nationally and globally (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_cluster) Arjeplog – Winter Car Testing

  5. Top-down vs. bottom-up approach SET-UP – top-down OPERATIONS – bottom-up Resource: Clusterland UpperAustria

  6. Buildingsuccessfulcross-sectoralpartnershipsrequire Time Long-termcommitment Equalpartnershipfromeachsectoratthetable Jointlydevelopingandsettinggoals Appropriatelyaligninginterests

  7. LITCSTRATEGY (1) • GeneralPart • Justificiation/reason 4 clusterestablishment • Vision of Cluster • Shorttermimpact • Longtermimpact • Results – indicators • Partnership/consortium • SWOT

  8. LITCSTRATEGY (2) • ActionPart • Clusterdevelopmenttendencies • Clusterimpactoneconomy • Analyseclusterspecialisation / nicheproducts • Implementationroadmap of clusterspecialisation / nicheproducts • Competencemap • Ways/tools to achievecompetitiveness

  9. LITCSTRATEGY (3) • ActionPart • Indicators • Activityplan • DefinePriorities • Defineactions • Definetools

  10. CaseStudyLATVIAN IT CLUSTER ...IT helps to save and to reduce costs....

  11. IT applicationscanhelp to • manage our natural resources better monitor and prevent natural disasters spread environmental awareness ...andmuchmore... IT should be regarded more as a solution, rather than a problem!

  12. Just a fewpointswereweare... RIGA

  13. Wearealsoproud of systemsdevelopedfor ... NATO

  14. History • Top IT companies, universities, R&D institutions in Latvia • Operates - 2000, legal – 2007 • Agreement (co-operation, collaboration, co-opetition) • Code of Ethics • Monthly Fee, Administrative staff

  15. WE GO FOR… Main are the Collaboration Quality and Reliability R & D VALUES ! Competencies Innovation

  16. Latvian IT Cluster companies 2010 Turnover ~ 118 mlj.Euro 38% - export ~ 2100 employees 16

  17. Co-operation Partners LATVIJAS LAUKSAIMNIECĪBAS UNIVERSITĀTE Belarusian High Technologies Park

  18. Key industry segments withIT expertise • Finance • Payments (card, micro-, online) Anti-fraud Automated decision making • Insurance • Introduction of online policies • IT development • Custom-made or adaptation of international products • Competence in servicing public institutions (state, municipal, specialised) • DB management systems • Linguistic systems • IT consultations • ERP (SAP), CRM, accounting Business process outsourcing • IT infrastructure • Data centres Support to users of PCs and peripherals in different languages • E-governance E-health

  19. CommonInternationalProjects .

  20. IT Demo Center LV-EE project «ICT DCNet» «

  21. During 6 years Strategic aims reached by: • Common understanding • Widely recognised image • 5 local (ESF, ERDF, government) projects implemented • 6 projects are under implementation (international + local) • Attracted funds – more than 2 M EUR • Now implementation projects 2 M Eur

  22. Collaboration models (1) • Custom-made software (separate projects) • Medium-to-large Latvian IT companies ready to provide price estimates and discuss technical capacities • Continuous service (outsourcing, regular batch-work) • Integration of Latvian partner possible and not resource-consuming • Detailed cooperation agreement still suggested • Joint applications • E.g.,technologically challenging international or state-level projects - a big challange for IT companies

  23. Collaboration models (2) • Consumer market is open for new products • Localization is not an issue, in case partnering with a local company • B2B market very diverse, companies with modern management & IT systems • ERP and CRM already offered widely

  24. Wecandevelopthingstogether! Latvian IT Cluster(www.itbaltic.com)

  25. Thank you! IT Cluster ready to facilitate and support, maximizing your gain from working with Latvian IT companies ITCluster@itbaltic.com www.itbaltic.com Ph: +371-67089815

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